Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-16
BltIGHI Bits.

SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACnER-Now, children.
can any # y"n tell me VINO Methu .elth was?
small Scholar-iie WAS a chestnut Ljfe.
CITY MAN-What the azes is the matter
VITA that hen?
Farmer-No hing. She has Just laid an egg
CITY mans eat scot ! One would sup
pose she had laid the foundation for brick
block toeL citizen.
"SEvRN HUSBANDS in a New York town
have never been Hb- ent from home later than
9Oclock ut night turing nNr led life of
from zen to twenty years" This l. the 1rst
lntimatlOn We have had that the seven won
ders of the world" are located in tins country.
" r 'si' t0A lie aid.
AFTER the first earthquake shocks in
Char estom, ana when certain commission
mefch n got on his fee - one OF his custom
ers. dfty miles away. telegraphed and asked
MIN II he would AXE eggs. Receiving an
aihr alive reply the customer elcgrapnet:
Il send 100 dozen. If there are symptoms of
another shake. boil 'em to prevent breakage
and loss HaH Street Aeios.
MorHER-sJohnnie. brush the dust off your
boots.
Johnnie-Is that the k1nd OF dust papa was
talking to go Serurss aEout?
Mo- her hat dlh he sly
johnnie lie said: "Dost thou love me,
Agne:"
Muther--No. it was not JOHNNIE; but
Agnes Will dust out of here tomorrow morn
!aE.-B0sfon g ODE.
"CAN you reach the buttcr?" he inquired
OF the star boar err. 81 cam she ST d in an
icy tone. The silence was only ht oxen by
the frantic endeavo"s Of a dg 10 get out OF me
vinegar cruetI He blded his time. The
man. not The n.y. H. came. She was hurry
ing to keep an appo ment with her dress
maker, when they met by miscnanCe. Have
you the tlme?" she inquired eagerly. Al
hHve"' he answered frIgidiy.-Detrott Free
p, eSs.
y GENTLEMAN at a recent matinee was
seated D. hind lady wearing one of the
n-DI a sal dan
but If Won do NOT remove your nat something
UNPLEASANT will happen" The lady ignored
hIm. The gentleman put on his own hat.
Loud cries of Fake of that ha Take off
that hat" arc from the audience behind.
The lady thought the cries referred to Ier
nat, and quickly removed 1t. THANK you.
madam!'-T Dical Ts"ts.
COMMUNICATING IN Golden City. ehf
Western NJ tn-fes, and | find the Western
climate delightful.
How do you like the reope2"
"Weil. the + ct is have only been there
Two years, and nave not oeen able to get into
he hcst society yet; there Is so much of the
old family caste there, you snow"
There is?"
''Oh. yes, some of the people have been
there SIX years."-Ttd- Bits.
YOUNG limb of the law
In hts Office sat-
ANA not a CENTS rent had he paid for that,
IN the first Of the year
A md the bills me in,
He Thought not of law, of logic or lore,
But ellen lv sat there watching the doo-,
For lent. perhaps, VIII might come in;
But alas! that noise in the hall was caused by
the wind;
And there hesat till he starved to death;
And the bills kept coming in.
-HarfJord Times.
THERE'S everything in the way you put a
thing" rrma kef Thompson.
- cs, considerable" replied Smith, guard
edlv.
For in-tance," said Thompson, az !
should say 1 wish Brown would die vuV
,ru d cnns der it very woke and be yer>
mucn -urp ised AMI greatly shocked"
Mos decidedly" responded Smith, with
emphasis.
"W eli. have no intention OF saying it" re-
sponded Thorn ps0n. put If the Lsrd shou d
see II TO call Brown to heaven | would con-
sider il a big thing for other people as well AS
Brown" PittS5u, o Dap f-cb.